Tar Heels View Solar Eclipse From Chapel Hill
North Carolina residents will witness a partial to total solar eclipse next Saturday afternoon with timings across cities from Asheville to Cape Hatteras. UNC astronomer Dr. Thomas Noonan notes the moon's shadow will reach the state about 3 47 p m and end near 5 55 p m with caution to avoid direct sun viewing and use a pinhole projection method.
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Vinson Sets Record as Longest Serving House Member
The 79 year old Carl Vinson of Georgia is poised to become the all time dean of the House on July 16 surpassing Sam Rayburn’s 48 year run. Since 1914 Vinson has chaired the Armed Services Committee and shaped defense policy while balancing ties with Presidents Kennedy and Truman.
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Roosevelt
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Louis Johnson
Truman
Police Seek Assailant of Negro Youth in Newark
Police search for a white teen assailant after a 16-year-old North Carolina boy, Godfrey Eason of Elizabeth City, was shot while walking with other Negro youths on West Runyon Street. He was wounded in the arm chest and lung and remains hospitalized in fair condition.
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Negroes Leap Fence at Albany Pool Amid Picketing
In Albany Georgia Saturday several Black patrons jumped the Tift Park pool fence to swim while others queued for tickets. Sixteen people were arrested including four adults two youths and a white woman Elizabeth Wycoff of New York after they refused to leave. The pool, sold this year to James H Gray publisher of the Albany Herald, had been white-only and was closed last year during unrest.
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Five in Poker Mob Kill Mystery Solved
Detective Lt. Seegers reveals clues from notes about five men Adams Bogart Elliott Dolan and Keller. The killer is a first cousin of Adams and the victim is one with a background in jazz piano. The case centers on a west end gang killing during a poker game.
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Mike Bogart
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Ellison
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Campaign Begins Against Epilepsy
The Epilepsy Foundation launches a nationwide drive to end discrimination in employment education driving and marriage for epileptics. Experts cite 50 percent seizure control with drugs and urge federal support of $5 million annually for three years to improve education and opportunities for affected Americans.
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D-R.l
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D-Minn
McCarthy
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D-Mich
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University of Minnesota
American Academy of Neurology
Whites Urged To Organize Against Negroes Rally Near Durham
About 250 whites were urged at a mass rally near Durham to form groups to oppose what speakers called a tide of Black rights. Organizers warned against rapes and assaults while attacking Kennedy civil rights policy and urging turnout to influence local elections.
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N.C
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Prague Population Decline Ties to Wages and Housing
Prague faces a shrinking birth rate as 13.8 million Czechoslovaks see limited opportunities to start families. Officials cite low wages, housing shortages, and car costs delaying births. Health Minister Ploshar warns policy will target larger families with added support.
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U.S
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Buddhists Challenge Catholics in Ceylon Political Shift
In Colombo Buddhist monks increasingly challenge Catholic influence as the island shifts post independence. Catholics, about 6 percent, hold key posts while Buddhists press for Sinhalese language dominance and curb Catholic action amid Viet Nam tensions. Government officials face accusations of Catholic influence and anti Catholic sentiment grows.
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Viet Nam
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